UN turns to Google to make its global data ready for AI agents

The shift comes after a UNICEF test found leading AI models struggled to accurately retrieve global development statistics.
Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,’ new unredacted filings reveal

Newly unsealed court filings show Microsoft privately called OpenAI’s data practices “theft” while both companies scraped paywalled Times content, built datasets from it, and warned internally it would gut publishers.
Waymo restarts San Antonio service 5 months after flooding troubles

The company suspended service in the city in April after one of its robotaxis got swept away.
Even the king of England has his hesitations about AI

King Charles hosted a private summit Thursday with some of the most prominent names in AI and the U.K. government.
Base Labs launches an open-weight AI safety partnership with Hugging Face and Goodfire

Base Labs, the research group Baseten spun up earlier this year, will develop and publish methods for training and monitoring open models.
Pinterest teases a new ‘Restyle’ feature that lets you redesign your room with AI

Pinterest is testing Restyle, a new AI-powered feature that lets users visualize furniture, decor, lighting, and more in photos of their own rooms — potentially helping turn saved inspiration into purchases.
King Charles warns of 'existential danger' of AI falling into wrong hands

The comments were made at a summit in Ayrshire with participants from AI giants including Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic.
4 Strategies to Battle ‘Techflation’

With phone and computer prices soaring, it helps to know the true cost of owning electronics so you can bring those numbers down.
On ‘Cupertino,’ Robert and Michelle King Go Online

The prolific producers target tech bigwigs in their newest show. “They’re really the stupidest and dumbest people,” Robert King said.
How Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s Writings Help Explain A.I. Fears

The collected essays of Dario Amodei help explain why some people are so worried about artificial intelligence.